Halo-substituted 2-amino-benzylamineamides and salts thereof

ABSTRACT

WHEREIN HAL IS CHLORINE OR BROMINE, R1 IS HYDROGEN, CHLORINE OR BROMINE, R2 IS ALKYL OF 1 TO 4 CARBON ATOMS, ALLYL, PHENYL, CHLOROPHENYL, METHYOXYPHENYL, CARBOXYPHENYL, CARBOMETHOXY-PHENYL, TOLYL, BENZYL, METHOXY-PROPYL, CYCLOHEXYL, PHENETHYL, OR DIAMETHYLAMINO-PROPYL, R3 AND R4 ARE EACH HYDROGEN, ACETYL OR BENZOYL, R5 IS HYDROGEN, ALKYL OF 1 TO 3 CARBON ATOMS, HYDROXYHEXYL, R6 IS HYDROGEN, ALKYL OF 1 TO 3 CARBON ATOMS, HYDROXYETHYL, METHOXYPROPYL, ALLYL, DIETHYLAMINO-ETHYL, DIETHYLAMINO-PROPYL, PHENYL, FLUOROPHENYL, BENZYL OR CYCLOHEXYL, AND N IS 1, 2 OR 3, AND NON-TOXIC, PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACCEPTABLE ACID ADDITION SALTS THEREOF; THE COMPOUNDS AS WELL AS THEIR SALTS ARE USEFUL AS ANTITUSSIVES AND REPIRATION-STIMULANTS.   BENZENE   1-(R6-N(-R5)-CO-(CH2)N-N(-R2)-CH2-),2-(R3-N(-R4)-),HAL,R4-   COMPOUND OF THE FORMULA

United States Patent 3,712,924 HALO-SUBSTITUTED Z-AMINO-BENZYLAMINE- AMIDES AND SALTS THEREOF Gerd Kruger, Biberach an der Riss, Otmar Zipp, Osnabruck, and Johannes Keck, Josef Nickl, Hans Machleidt, Gerhard Ohnacker, Robert Engelhorn, and Sigfrid Puschmann, Biberach an der Riss, Germany, assignors to Boehringer Ingelheim G.m.b.H., Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany No Drawing. Continuation-impart of application Ser. No.

872,778, Oct. 30, 1969, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 555,696, June 7, 1966, both now abandoned. This application Nov. 12, 1970, Ser. No. 89,058

Claims priority, application Germany, June 8, 1965,

T 28,754 Int. Cl. C07c 103/30 US. Cl. 260-558 A 7 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Compounds of the formula wherein Hal is chlorine or bromine,

R is hydrogen, chlorine or bromine,

R is alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, allyl, phenyl, chlorophenyl, methoxyphenyl, carboxyphenyl, carbomethoxy-phenyl, tolyl, benzyl, methoxy-propyl, cyclohexyl, phenethyl or dimethylamino-propyl,

R and R are each hydrogen, acetyl or benzoyl,

R is hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms or cyclohexyl,

R is hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, hydroxyethyl, methoxypropyl, allyl, diethylamino-ethyl, diethylamino-propyl, phenyl, fluorophenyl, benzyl or cyclohexyl, and

n is 1, 2 or 3,

and non-toxic, pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts thereof; the compounds as well as their salts are useful as antitussives and respiration-stimulants.

This is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 872,778, filed Oct. 30, 1969, now abandoned, which in turn is a continuationin-part of Ser. No. 555,696, filed June 7, 1966, now abandoned.

This invention relates to novel halo-substituted 2- amino-benzylamine-amides and acid addition salts thereof, as well as to various methods of preparing these compounds.

More particularly, the present invention relates to halosubstituted 2-amino-benzylamine-amides of the formula wherein Hal is chlorine or bromine, R is hydrogen, chlorine or bromine,

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R is alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, allyl, phenyl, chlorophenyl, methoxyphenyl, carboxyphenyl, carboand non-toxic, pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts thereof.

The compounds of the Formula I above may be prepared by a number of different methods involving well known chemical reaction principles, among which the following has proved to be most convenient and efficient:

By reacting a halo-substituted 2-diacylaminobenzyl halide of the formula wherein R and Hal have the same meanings as in Formula I and Ac is acyl; with an aminocarboxylic acid amide of the formula R5 (III) wherein R R R and n have the same meanings as in Formula I.

The reaction is carried out in the presence of an agent capable of tying up or neutralizing the hydrohalic acid released by the reaction, such as an inorganic or tertiary organic base or also a stoichiometric excess of the aminocarboxylic acid amide III. The reaction is preferably performed in the presence of an inert organic solvent, such as carbontetrachloride, chloroform, methanol, acetone, benzene or toluene, and it proceeds particularly rapidly at elevated temperatures, preferably at the boiling point of the particular solvent which is employed. If an excess of the aminocarboxylic acid amide III or a tertiary organic base is used as the hydrohalic acid-binding agent, these may simultaneously serve as the solvent medium.

The compounds of Formula I can also be prepared by reaction of a correspondingly substituted benzylamino carboxylic acid with a correspondingly substituted amine via the mixed anhydride with ethyl chloroformate.

In those instances where the above method yields a compound of the Formula I where the amino group attached to the benzene nucleus is diacylated, one of these acyl groups may, if desired by splitting off according to conventional methods. On the other hand, if R in Formula I is hydrogen, this hydrogen atom may, if desired, be replaced by an acyl group by customary methods.

The starting materials, that is, compounds of Formulas II and III, are described in the prior art or may readily be prepared by processes described in the prior art.

For instance, a halo-substituted 2-diacylamino-benzy1 halide of the Formula II may be prepared by reacting a corresponding halo-substituted 2-diacylamino-toluene with N-bromo-succinimide or with a halogen under ultraviolet irradiation.

The compounds of the Formula I above may be transformed into non-toxic, pharmacologically acceptable addition salts with inorganic or organic acids. Examples of non-toxic, pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts are those formed with hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, lactic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, maleic acid, 8-chlorotheophylline or the like.

The following examples further illustrate the present invention and will enable others skilled in the art to understand it more completely.

EXAMPLE 1 Preparation of N-(2-acetylarnino-3,S-dibromo-benzyl)- N-methyl-glycinamide A mixture of 42 gm. of sarcosine methyl ester hydrochloride, 1 liter of chloroform, 84 cc. of triethylamine and 129 gm. of 2-diacetylamino-3,5-dibromo-benzyl-bromide was refluxed for three hours. Thereafter, the chloroform was distilled off in vacuo, the residue was taken up in ethylacetate, and the undissolved salts were filtered off. The filtrate was again evaporated, the oily residue was taken up in 400 cc. of methanol, the solution was admixed with 300 cc. of 2 N sodium hydroxide, and the mixture was allowed to stand overnight at room temperature. Thereafter, the methanol was distilled off in vacuo, and the residual aqueous solution was first extracted with chloroform and then adjusted to pH 6 with 2 N hydrochloric acid. The precipitate formed thereby was separated by vacuum filtration and recrystallized from n-propanol, yielding N-(Z-acetylamino-3,5-dibromo-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine, M.P. 151-152 C.

30 gm. of this product were suspended in 300 cc. of methanol, the suspension was cooled to C., and then, while stirring, the suspension was admixed with a solution of 12 cc. of thionylchloride in 75 cc. of methanol also at -20 C., whereby everything went into solution. The solution was maintained at 15 C. for thirty minutes and allowed to stand overnight at room temperature. Thereafter, the reaction solution was refluxed for two hours, all volatile components were evaporated in vacuo, and the residue was recrystallized first from ethylacetate and then from ethanol, yielding N-(2-acetylamino-3,5-dibromo-benzyl)N-methyl-glycine methyl ester hydrochloride, M.P. l92-193 C. (decomp).

10 gm. of this product were suspended in a small amount of methanol, and 500 cc. of methanolic ammonia were poured over the suspension. The clear solution formed thereby was allowed to stand overnight, was then evaporated in vacuo, and the residue was stirred with water. The insoluble matter was separated and re crystallized from ethanol, yielding N-(2-acetylamino-3,5- dibromo-benzyl N-methyl-glycinamide, M.P. 184-186 C., of the formula /CHa CH2-N CHz-CONH:

I NIL-COCK: Br

EXAMPLE 2 Preparation of N-(2-acetylamino-3,5-dibromo-benzyl-N- methyl-glycine-[3-diethylamino-propyl-( 1 )-amide] 2.0 gm. of N-(2-acetylamino-3,5-dibromo-benzyl)N- I methyl-glycine, obtained as in Example 1, and 0.7 cc.

4 tion was allowed to stand for one hour, was then evaporated in vacuo, the residue was taken up in chloroform, the chloroform solution was washed with water, dilute ammonia and again with water, dried, and the chloroform was evaporated. The residue was recrystallized from ethylacetate, yielding N-(2-acetylamino-3,S-dibromo-benzyD- N-methyl-glycine [3 diethylamino-propyl-(l)-amide], M.P. 142-144 C., of the formula I lTICOCHs Br H EXAMPLE 3 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 1, N-(2 amino 3,5-dibromo-benzyl)N-methylglycinamide, M.P. 148-l50 C., was prepared from N-(2- amino 3,5 dibromo-benzyl) N-methyl-glycine methyl ester hydrochloride.

EXAMPLE 4 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-acetylamino-3,S-dibromo-benzyl)N-methyl-glycine isopropylamide, M.P. 208 C., of the formula CHz-C ONHCH(CH3)2 I N HCOCHa Br was prepared from N-(2 acetylamino 3,5 dibromobenzyl) N-methyl-glycine and isopropylamine.

EXAMPLE 5 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-acetylamino-3,S-dibromo-bcnzyl)N-methyl-glycine cyclohexyl amide, M.P. 178-179 C., was prepared from N-(Z acetylamino 3,5-dibromo-benzyl)-N- methyl-glycine and cyclohexylamine.

EXAMPLE 6 I NH-COCH Br was prepared from N-(2 acetylarnino 3,5 dibromobenzyl)-N-methyl-glycine and aniline.

EXAMPLE 8 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-acetylamino-3,S-dibromo-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine diethylamide, M.P. C., was prepared from N-(2-acetylamino-3,5-dibromo-benzyl)N-methyl-glycine and diethylamine.

EXAMPLE 9 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-acetylamino-3,S-dibrQrnQ-benZyI)-N-meth yl-glycine-(2-hydroxyethyl-amide), M.P. 127-128 C., of

the formula CHr-CONH-CHr-CHr-OH was prepared from N-( 2 acetylamino 3,5 dibromobenzyD-N-methyl-glycine and ethanolamine.

EXAMPLE 10 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-acetylamino-3,S-dibromo-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine-(Z diethylamino-ethylamide), M.P. 153-154" C,. of the formula /CHs OHz-N I NH-O CH3 Br was prepared from N-(2 acetylamino 3,5 dibromobenzyl)-N-methyl-glycine and Z-diethylamino-ethylamine.

EXAMPLE 11 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, 'N (2 acetaylamino 3,5 dibromo-benzyD-N- methyl-glycine-n-propylamide, M.P. 171 C., of the formula was prepared from N-(2-acetylamino-3,S-dibromo-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine and n-propylamine.

EXAMPLE 12 was prepared from N-(2-acetylamino-3,S-dibromo-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine and 1-amino-3-methoxy-propane.

EXAMPLE 13 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-acetylamino-3,S-dibromo-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine-allylamide, M.P. 166 C., of the formula I NHCOCH3 Br was prepared from N-(2-acetylamino-3,S-dibromo-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine and allylamine.

6 EXAMPLE 14 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-acetylamino-3,S-dibrorno-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine-(p-fluoro-anilide), M.P. 174175 C., of the formula I NH-COCHa Br was prepared from N-(2-acetylarnino-3,S-dibromo-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine and p-fluoro-aniline.

EXAMPLE 15 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-acetylarnino-3,S-dibromo-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycline-dicyclohexylamide, M.P. 154 C., of the formula /CHa C B1; H2 N H CHz-CON NH-OOCHa was prepared from N-(2-acetylamino-3,S-dibrorno-benzyl)N-methyl-glycine and dicyclohexylamine.

EXAMPLE 16 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-acetylarnino-3,S-dibromo-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine-(benzyl-isopropyl-amide), an amorphous, thinfilm-chromatographically uniform substance, R =0.4 (SiO chloroform), was prepared from N-(Z-acetylamino-3,5-dibromobenzyl)-N-methyl-glycine and benzyl-isopropyl-amine.

EXAMPLE 17 Using a procedure analogous to that described in EX- ample 1, 'y [N (2-acety1amino-I3,S-dibromo-benzyl)-N- isopropy1]-amino-butyric acid diethylamide, a colorless oil, thin-filrn-chromatographically uniform, R =O.6 (SiO chloroform:methanol-5zl), of the formula CH(CH )2 was prepared from 2-diacetylamino-3,S-dibromo-benzyl bromide and 'y-isopropylamino-bu'tyric acid diethylamide.

EXAMPLE 18 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N (2 acetylamino-4-bromo-benzyl)-N-methyl glycinebenzylamide, M.P. 169-171 C., was prepared from N (2 acetylamino-4-bromo-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine and benzylamine.

EXAMPLE 19 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N (2 acetylaminoS-bromo-benzyl)-N-methylglycine-benzylamide, M.P. 177-178 C., was prepared from N (2 acetylamino-S-bromo-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine and benzylamine.

EXAMPLE 20 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-acetylamino-3,S-dibromo-benzyl)-N-ethylglycine-benzylarnide, M.P. 149 C., was prepared from N (2 acetylamino-3,S-dibromo-benzyl)-N-ethyl-glycine and benzylamine.

EXAMPLE 21 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N (2 acetylamino-3,S-dibromo-benzyl)-N-(nbutyl)-glycine-benzylamide, M.P. 106 C., was prepared from N- 2-acetylamino-3,S-dibromo-benzyl -N- (n-butyl glycine and benzylamine.

EXAMPLE 22 Using a procedure analogous to that described Example 2, N-(2-acetylarnino-6-chloro-benzyl)-Nmethyl-glycine-benzylamide, M.P. 114-115 C., was prepared from N) (2 acetyl-amino 6 chloro benzyl) N methylglycine and benzylamine.

EXAMPLE 23 Using a procedure analogous to that described Example 2, N-(2-acetylamino-6-chloro-benzyl)-N-ethyl-glycinebenzyamide, M.P. IOU-101 C., was prepared from N-(2- acetylamino-6-chloro-benzyl)-N-ethylglycine and benzylamine.

EXAMPLE 24 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example, 2, N-(2-benzoylamino-6-chloro-benzyl)-N-methylglycine-isopropylamide, M.P. l53l55 C., was prepared from N-(2-benzoylamino-6-chloro-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine and isopropylamine.

EXAMPLE 25 Using a procedure analogous to that describe in Example 2, N-(-benzoylamino-6-chloro-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycinebenzylamide, an amorphous, thin-film-chromatographically uniform substance, R =0.75 (SiO chloroform:n1ethanol19:1), was prepared from N-(2-benzoylamino6-chloro-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine and benzylamine.

EXAMPLE 26 Using a procedure analogous to that describe in Example 2, N-(Z-benzoylamino-6-chloro-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine-aniline, M.P. 142 C., was prepared from N-(2-benzoylamino-6-chloro-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine and aniline.

EXAMPLE 27 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-benzoylamino-6-chloro-benzyl)-N-methylglycine-diethylamide, M.P. 98-101 (3., was prepared from N-(2-benzoylamino-6-chloro-benzyl)-N methyl glycine and diethylamine.

EXAMPLE 28 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N (2 benzoylamino-3,S-dibromo-benzyl)-N- ethyl-glycinamide, M.P. 173-174 C., was prepared from N-(2-benzoylamino-3,S-dibromo-benzyl)-N-ethyl glycine and concentrated ammonia.

EXAMPLE 29 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-benzoylamino-3,5-dibromo-benzyl)-N-ethylglycine-isopropylamide, M.P. 170-172 C., was prepared from N-(2-benzoylamino-3,S-dibromo-benzyl)-N- ethyl-glycine and isopropylamine.

EXAMPLE 30 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(Z-benzoylamino-S-chloro-benzyl)-N-methylglycinamide, M.P. 155-157 C., was prepared from N-(2- benzoylamino-S-chloro-benzyl) N methyl glycine and concentrated ammonia.

EXAMPLE 31 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-benzoylamino-S-chloro-benzyl)-N-methylglycine-isopropylamide, M.P. 122-124" (3., was prepared from N-(2-benzoylamino-S-chloro-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine and isopropylamine.

EXAMPLE 32 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-benzoylamino-5-chloro-benzyl)-N-methylglycine-cyclohexylamide, M.P. 190-192 C., was prepared from N-(2-benzoylamino-S-chloro-benzyl) -N-methyl-glycine and cyclohexylamine.

EXAMPLE 33 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-benzoylamino-S-chloro-benzyl)-N-methylglycine-anilide, M.P. l57-l59 C., was prepared from N- (2-benzoylamino-S-chloro-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine and aniline.

EXAMPLE 34 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-benzoylamino-4-chloro-benzyl)-N-methylglycinamide, M.P. 131-132 C., was prepared from N-(2- benzoylamino-4-chloro-benzyl) N methyl glycine and concentrated ammonia.

EXAMPLE 35 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-benzoylamino-4-chloro-benzyl)-N-methylglycine-allylamide, M.P. 9798 C., was prepared from N-(2-benzoylamino-4-chloro-benzyl)-N methyl glycine and alkylamine.

EXAMPLE 36 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-benzoylamino-4-chloro-benzyl)-N-methylglycine-isopropylamide, M.P. -11" C., was prepared from N-(2-benzoylamino-4-chloro-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine and isopropylamine. Its hydrochloride, prepared with anhydrous hydrochloric acid, has a melting point of 189- 193 C. (decomp).

EXAMPLE 37 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-benzoylamino-4-chloro-benz.yl)-N-rnethylglycine-cyclohexylamide, M.P. 138-139 C., was prepared from N-(2-benzoylamino-4-chloro-benzyl)-N-methyl-glyglycine and cyclohexylamine.

EXAMPLE 38 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-benzoylarnino-4-chloro-benzyl)-N-methylglycine-isopropylarnide, M.P. 110-111 C., was prepared from N-(2-benzoylamino4-chloro-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine and benzylamine.

EXAMPLE 39 Using a procedure analogous to that described in Example 2, N-(2-benzoylamino-4-chloro-benzyl)-N-methylglycine-anilide, M.P. l44145 C., was prepared from N- (2-benzoylamino-4-chloro-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine and aniline.

The compounds according to the present invention, that is, those embraced by Formula I above, their non-toxic, pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts, have useful pharmacodynamic properties. More particularly,

they exhibit antitussive and respiration-stimulating activities in warm-blooded animals.

For pharmaceutical purposes, the compounds according to the present invention are administered to Warmblooded animals perorally, parenterally or reactally as active ingredients in customary dosage unit compositions, that is, compositions in dosage unit form consisting essentially of an inert pharamaceutical carrier and one dosage unit of the active ingredient, such as tablets, coated pills, solutions, syrups, suspensions, capsules, wafers, suppositories and the like. One dosage unit of a compound according to the instant invention is from 0.166 to 5.0 mgm./kg., preferably 033 to 1.67 mgm./kg. body weight.

9 The following examples illustrate a few dosage unit compositions comprising a compound of the invention as the active ingredient. The parts are parts by weight, unless otherwise specified.

EXAMPLE 40 The syrup was compounded from the following ingredients:

Distilled water, q.s. ad 100.0 parts by vol.

Compounding procedure: The distilled water was heated to 80 C., and then the benzoic acid, the tartaric acid, Compounding procedure: The distilled Water was heated to 80 C., and then the benzole acid, the tartaric acid, the ammonium chloride, the glycinamide compound, the food colors and the sugar were successively dissolved therein. The resulting syrup was cooled to room temperature, the sodium pyrosulfite was dissolved therein, and then a mixture of the flavoring and the ethanol was stirred in. The finished syrup was filtered through a suitable filter. cc. of the finished syrup contained 25 mgm. of the active ingredient and, when administered perorally to a warm-blooded animal of about 60 kg. body weight in need of such treatment, produced very good antitussive and respiration-stimulating efiects.

EXAMPLE 41 Drop solution The solution was compounded from the following ingredients:

Parts N-(Z acetylamino fi-chloro-benzyl)-N-(methyl)- glycine-benzyla-mide .0 p-Hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester 0.07 p-Hydroxybenzoic acid propyl ester 0.03 Polyvinylpyrrolidone 5.00

Distilled Water, q.s. ad 100.00 parts by vol.

The pill cores were compounded from the following ingredients:

Parts N-(Z acetylamino 3,5 dibromo-benzyD-N- methyl-glycinamide 25.0 Lactose o 120.0 Potato starch 67.0 Polyvinylpyrrolidone 6.0 Magnesium stearate 2.0

Total 220.0

Compounding procedure: The glycinamide compound, the lactose and the potato starch were intimately admixed with each other, the mixture was moistened with an aqueous 12.5% solution of the polyvinylpyrrolidone, and the moist mass was forced through a 1.5 mm.-mesh screen. The resulting granulate was dried at 45 C. and again passed through a 1.0 mm.-mesh screen. The dry granulate was then thoroughly admixed with the magnesium stearate, and the mixture was compressed into 220 mgm.-pill cores, which were subsequently coated with a thin shell consisting essentially of talcum and sugar. The coated pills were finally polished with bees- Wax. Each pill contained 25 mgm. of the active ingredient and, when administered perorally to a warmblooded animal of about 60 kg. body weight in need of such treatment, produced very good antitussive and respiration-stimulating effects.

EXAMPLE 43 Tablets The tablet composition was compounded from the following ingredients:

Compounding procedure: The glycinamide compound, the lactose and the potato starch were intimately admixed with each other, and the mixture was moistened with an aqueous 10% solution of the gelatin. 'I he moist mass was forced through a 1.5 mm.-mesh screen, and the resulting granulate was dried at 45 C. and again passed through the screen. The dry granulate was thoroughly admixed with the silicic acid and with the magnesium stearate, and the mixture was compressed into 400 mgmrtablets. Each tablet contained 50 mgm. of the active ingredient and, when administered perorally to a warm-blooded animal of about 60 kg. body weight in need of such treatment, produced very good antitussive and respiration-stimulating effects.

EXAMPLE 44 Suppositories The suppository composition was compounded from the following ingredients:

Compounding procedure: The finely powdered glycinamide compound was stirred in the cocoa butter, which had previously been melted and cooled to 40 C., and the mixture was homogenized. The composition was then poured at about 37 C. into cooled suppository molds, each holding 1700 mgm. of the mixture. Each suppository contained 25 mgm. of the active ingredient and, when administered by the rectal route to a warm-blooded animal of about 60 kg. body Weight in need of such treatment, produced very good antitussive and respiration stimulating effects.

1 1 EXAMPLE 45 Hypodermic solution The solution was compounded from the following ingredients:

Parts N-(Z-acetylamino 3,5 dibromo-benzyl) N (nbutyl)-glycinebenzylamide 20.0 Tartaric acid 2.0 Sorbitol 50.0

Distilled water, q.s. ad 1000.0 parts by vol.

Compounding procedure: The tartaric acid, the glycinamide compound and the sorbitol were successively dissolved in a sufiicient amount of warm distilled water. The solution was cooled to room temperature, diluted with distilled water to the desired volume, and filtered until free from suspended matter. The solution was then filled into white 1 cc.-ampules, which were then sealed and sterilized for twenty minutes at 120 C. Each ampule contained 20 mgm. of the active ingredient, and when the contents thereof were administered parenterally to a warm-blooded animal of about 60 kg. body weight in need of such treatment, 'very good antitussive and respiration-stimulating effects were obtained.

Analogous results were obtained when any one of the other compounds of the Formula I or a non-toxic acid addition salt thereof was substituted for the particular halo-substituted Z-amino-benzylamine-amide compound in illustrative Examples 40 to 45. Likewise, the amount of active'ingredient in these examples may be varied to achieve the dosage unit range set forth above, and the amounts and nature of the inert pharmaceutical carrier ingredients may be varied to meet particular requirements.

While the present invention has been illustrated with the aid of certain specific embodiments thereof, it will be readily apparent to others skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to these particular embodiments, and that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

We claim: 1. A compound of the formula 1 CH2-N 1 /R5 R NET-R4 Hal wherein Hal is chlorine or bromine,

R is hydrogen, chlorine or bromine,

R is alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms,

R is acetyl or benzoyl,

R is hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms or cyclohexyl,

12 R is hydrogen, alkyl of l to 3 carbon atoms, hydroxyethyl, methoxypropyl, allyl, diethylamino-ethyl, diethylamino-propyl, phenyl, fluoro-phenyl, benzyl or cyclohexyl, and n is l, 2 or 3, or a non-toxic, pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof.

2. A compound of the formula wherein Hal is chlorine or bromine,

R is hydrogen, chlorine or bromine,

R is alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms,

R, is acetyl or benzoyl,

R is hydrogen, alkyl of l to 3 carbon atoms or cyclohexyl, and

R is hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, hydroxyethyl, methoxypropyl, allyl, diethylarninoethyl, diethylamino-propyl, phenyl, fluoro-phenyl, benzyl or cyclohexyl, or a non-toxic, pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salt thereof.

3. A compound according to claim 2, which is N- (Z-acetylamino 3,5 dibromo-benzyl)-N-methylglycinamide.

4. A compound according to claim 2, which is N-(2- amino-3,5-dibromo-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycinarnide.

5. A compound according to claim 2, which is N-(2- acetylamino-3,5-dibromo-benzyl) N methyl-glycine-isopropylamide.

6. A compound according to claim 2, which is N-(2- benzoylamino-4-chloro-benzyl)-N-methyl-glycine isopropylamide or its hydrochloride.

7. A compound according to claim 2, which is N-(2- acetylamino 3,5 dibromo-benzyl) N methyl-glycine benzylamide.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,768,202 10/ 1956 Goldberg et al. 260588 HARRY I. MOATZ, Primary Examiner U.S. Cl. X.R.

260471 R, 518 A, 559 A, 561 A, 561 N, 562 R, 562 N; 424--324 r e 181.068e1-2 J UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION receptive. 3 7129% wnated Jan. 23, 1973 GERD KRUGER; OTMAR ZIPP; JOHANNES KECK, JOSEF'NICKL,

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It is certified that error appearsin the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:

9 Inventor-(s) 001, 2, line 17 correct "methanol" to read -ethanol--.'-

Col. 3, line 65 insert; after "benzyl" Col. 6, line 19 correct "glycline" to read -glycine--.

Col. 7, line 20 correct "benzy amide" to read benzylamide.

Col. 8, line 29 correct "alkylainin" to read --all'ylamine-;

" 8, 33 correct "1l0ll" to read -1lO-lll-; 8, 49 correct "11O l1lC.-" to read l ll-l l2 C 5--; r 8, 67 correct "reaccally" to read --rectall y-.

Col. 9, lines 23 and 2 1 delete both lines; 9, line 26 correct 'benzole" to read -benz oic Signed and sealed this lbthday of November 1973.

(SEAL) A'f'fbst:

EDWARD M.FLETCHER,'JR. RENE D, TEGTMEYER Attesting Officer "Acting Commissioner of Patents 

